>> reporter: an assault of a san jose state student on campus. how police say the victim got away from the suspect. a brutal beating in napa. a teen attacked with a baseball bat. what the teen managed to say to investigators and the key information he could not communicate. >> reporter: and a partially- built home goes up in flames here in concord. why this fire was so scary for people living in this neighborhood. plus, early this morning, police shut down a street fearing scaffolding might fall

down. how it became unstable and why this is now a police investigation. "mornings on 2" begins right now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, september 6th. we begin with an alert sent to san jose state students. someone assaulted a woman on campus. ktvu channel 2 reporter kraig debro is at the school this morning with the warning for students. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. tori. this happened basically in broad daylight. there was no classes. hardly anyone here. this all started around 9:30 in the morning. according to police, the woman was outside of the administration building when she was approached by a man, possibly 30 to 40 years old. he lured her, their word, into ail co -- their alcove building. once there, the man groped the woman.

the woman got away using a very unique escape route. she took public transportation and then there was a very strange ride. >> he and she rode together -- not together, but they were on the same bus all the way to the other line which ended up at capital and snell where he finally realized shy was going to call the police and he left in an unknown -- she was going to call the police and he left in an unknown direction. >> reporter: and she did call the police. the police called university police. police are asking anyone to call or text. here is a phone number you can call, 408-924-2222. the second number, 40833723919. you beck that number. we are gina talk to police again -- you text that number. we're gonna talk to police and find out how the woman was able to get on the bus, pay for the fare and get away. kraigdy bro, ktvu channel 2

news. >> thank -- kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. now we're getting a better look of what's left of a house from a fire in concord. here's more. >> reporter: flames tore through this large three-story home that's under construction right now. all morning longs we've been -- long we've been watching smoke rising up. the big issue are the embers. many were working their way through a couple of homes nearby. one neighboring house was damaged by the flames last night. some people were even doing whatever they could trying to spray their roofs down with water to keep it from catching fire. the fire started just before 5:00 here on skyler court. the partially built home that initially caught fire is considered a total loss. arson investigators are trying to figure out an exact cause. right now they don't think the fire was intentionally set.

for neighbors around here, it was scare troy watch these embers being blown around the neighborhood. >> it was falling all over. burned my hair and was burning like through my dad's shirt and through my stepmom's shirt. yeah. with all of the big embers, they were catching everything on fire. >> reporter: and fire crews faced a number of serious issues last night. flames were burning near both gas lines and power lines as well. so they had to work around those problems. meantime, neighbors tell us one of the homeowners whose house was damaged, one of the neighboring houses damaged, this person is out of town right now and on vacation and may not even know yet about this fire. but again, arson investigators trying to figure out an exact cause but they do not believe this fire was intentionally set. back to you. 7:04. part of 17th street at clayton in san francisco is still closed right now. this comes after an early- morning hit and run. police say around 2:45, the

driver of a silver car hit some scaffolding that's covering a five-story building. >> veering to the right, probably a drunk driver. they obviously weren't asleep because you are going uphill. you can't drive uphill going to sleep. they took off and caused considerable damage to the car. >> the crash knocked down most of the bottom-floor scaffolding. police say they were concerned the rest would collapse so that led to the street closure. at last check, they say the scaffolding does seem to be secure but one lane is still closed due to the -- due to all of the equipment at the scene. police in san francisco investigating the ambush of a good samaritan who helped. the woman flagged someone down

and she indicated that she needed a jump. when the man came out, five others came around him and beat him and the woman took off. >> i know if i needed help i would really appreciate it if someone helped me. >> police say the injured man drove himself to the hospital. he needed stitches. police continue to search for the men who attacked him and all also -- and also the william who -- woman who tracked him down. coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with what the proposed changes could mean to your mail service. crews in southern california are fighting several wildfires this morning. the catian -- canyon fire east of bakersfield has now burned more than 8600 acres. it's just 10% contained. the fire has destroyed 12 homes and injured two firefighters.

people in 170 homes have been evacuated and hundreds more have been told to prepare to leave. and there is another wildfire in southern california that's burned at least 500 acres. the fire started around 1:00 yesterday afternoon near a barn in santa clarita. fire officials say the fire is burning close to several ranch homes but there are no evacuation orders yet and the fire is 30% contained. 7:06. right now, at least 60 wildfires are still burning this morning across texas. thousands have been evacuated. governor rick perry, in fact, just announced 1,000 homes in texas burned over the labor day weekend. he calls this the worst fire see soon in texas his -- fire season in texas history. coming up we'll have a report live from balstrop, where the fire is still burning.

welcome back, sal. good to see you. >> thank you. let's go outside. i want to show i the traffic at the toll plaza. it's back under -- bark under, backed up to about a 15-minute wait. you are gonna be waiting for your customary delay. 880 northbound, see a little bit of slow traffic as you pass the coliseum. for the most part we're doing well. we're look ack the santa cruz mountains here. if you are driving on highway 17. so far not a bad drive'getting into the valley, if you are driving on to 17 all the way to the airport, it looks good. let's go to steve. >> thank you. a lot of thick fog out there. that's a sign high pressure is building in. if -- some of that fog can really produce poor visibility. sunny and warmer for many today

except right by the water's edge. even there, big difference. inland, temperatures will rocket up a good, 5, 10 degrees. rain in southern california moved out. it's into arizona $-- well, hitting the four corners. it's also moved out. very cool lows. oakland airport, 50. napa airport, 50. a lot of upper 50s, a few lower 50s. city college, richmond district, cole valley haze valley, all in at 51, 52 and 53. it's cool. there's some breaks in the clouds. 1500, 2,000 feet, lit already in the 70s.

that all translates after a warm -- to a warmer day. we'll have sunny skies and temperature also warm up some of the hottest locations will be near 100 degrees. dense fog in the morning. after that gives way, sunshine and warm to hot. conditions away from the coast. clearlake 100. but stinson, 68. vallejo, 84. 95 walnut creek. 99 brentwood, oakley, 98 in livermore. hayward, 86. we'll go 76 in alameda. 93 in los ga toes. -- los gatos. san bruno at 75. the city, i'll go 70 although i've been nervous by that because they can barely get out of 64, 65, the last couple of weeks. more the same tomorrow, on wednesday. it looks like a cooldown starts thursday/friday. maybe partly cloudy skies as we go into the weekend. napa police investigating the beating of a teenager who

was severely injured. police responded to reports of an injured person near jefferson and rubicond. the teen told investigators he was beaten but didn't know -- but didn't know who did it. he's being treated now at queen. valley hospital. the man who appeared to choke to death on a flight on the way to new zealand had a problem. he was eight a et -- eating a steak dinner when his girlfriend saw him in distress. the two were frying -- flying to new zealand to celebrate a birthday. we're getting a first look at the massive bunker that moammar gadhafi built for his family, the incredible story

with the -- this could can provide and the high cost. talk about a real food fight when a tomato-throwing festival like this one will be coming to the bay area.

good morning. lots of thick fog around. but if you don't have that already, it will burn off -- well, it will burn off and be sunny and warmer for almost everybody. 80s, 90s inland, with 60s, 70s closer to the coast. overnight news from afghanistan, an unidentified american civilian engineer who worked on a military base in kabul was found dead. there are reports he was murdered. nato will only confirm that a u.s. defense civilian employee has died. it is 7:14. congress returns to work in washington, d.c. today after a

five-week break. as ktvu's alison burns reports, one of the first orders of business is saving the u.s. postal service. alison? >> reporter: that's right, tori. the postmaster general will testify before a congressional hearing later today with a dire warning that the postal service will run out of money and default as early as next month unless congress goes some radical changes. he wants to cut 120,000 workers, close 3,700 locations, and stop saturday mail delivery. postmaster general patrick donahue wants to pull 500,000 from the generous health and pension programs. some big changes are needed. >> we do not think the postal service could really close, up against -- they are bouncing up to their $15 billion credit

limit. if we do nothing, they will run out of money, you think. >> reporter: the post office is insisting that mail service would not stop if they run out of money next month. but it could miss a payment of retiree health benefits. aislely son burns, ktvu channel 2 news. we're getting reports this morning that a large convoy of libyan soldiers has been spotting through the country of najair. moammar gadhafi's security chief is leading that convoy. there's no word if gadhafi family members are part of the group. but there's word that they are headed to the area where gadhafi has been offered asylum. we're getting a look at the bunker that gadhafi built under his home in tripoli, designed to protect his family in an emergency. in addition to the living quarters, the bunker continue tapes -- contains and extensive

air-conditioning system. this complex is expected to have cost tens of billions of dollars to build. well, retired army general david petraeus is now officially the new head of the cia. about an hour ago, joe biden swore in petraeus at a private ceremony at the white house. you are looking at petraeus at his retirement ceremony. he served 37 years in the military. police in rome, they are questioning -- look at this man. he admitted he damaged an historic mountain. see this tori? >> yeah. >> they caught him on security cameras climbing on the fame picasso. police say he was hitting the work and then knocked off two

chunks and then an hour later, he tried to damage the fountain. restoration work is already underway. there is a rather unique lost and found kratz in sacramento. the -- find in sacramento. an urn was found. the person who brought it in lives on east 3rd street. anyone wishing to claim the urn should call sacramento police. the state is allowing cities to hike property tax rates and san francisco is increasing their tax rates by three-quarters. coming soon to pleasanton,

tomato hurling. i'm serious. look at this. this is in colorado in june. now the seattle-based company, tomato, they are bringing this to the alameda fairgrounds. prices range from $30 to $60 depending upon whether you want to participate in the fight or not. well, the fate of seven remaining andronico stores, still up in the air. a spokesman for the chain says a new owner could be in place by next month. stores in berkeley, san anselmo and san francisco remain open. is 7:19. the solano county animal shelter is recrate -- is creating a pet pantry to help pets in need.

staffers say there's been a surge of gets -- of gets -- of pets coming in. they are hoping to help people people their -- keep their animals. a colorado count hound is a new guinness book record of -- world record. he has the longest heres -- ears in the record books. his owner said when he was a puppy, he would fall all over his ears. sound familiar? another day, another propest -- protest. good morning. there's a crash on highway 4. you can see it here on our

camera. it's causing a big backup on highway 4. i want to tell you more about how long this backup is stretching now.

welcome back. 7:22. the third homicide in one week has been reported in san francisco's mission district. now, a ktvu viewer sent us this photo of the crime scene at 16th and guerrero. police say a man in his mid-40s bass shot and killed -- was shot and killed just after 2:00 yesterday morning. police don't believe this was gang-related off is connected to two other homicides. 7:22. traffic this thursday in downtown san francisco could be a real mess. b.a.r.t. protesters are planning what they call a mass action. the group "no justice, no b.a.r.t." gathered at the civic station last night. police looked on to make sure nothing happened.

aboveground protesters held signs. >> they've only recently started to notice and that's partly because we've been so persistent. that's our job, to draw attention to an issue that is a health and safety standard all over the -- all over the area ya. >> the group "no justice, no b.a.r.t." is not afilled with the online activist group called "anonymous" which has held previous, more violent arrests. b.a.r.t. says no one was arrested last night and train service was never disrupted. 7:23. sal, you had the day off. you're back, you are up to speed in getting everybody where any need to go. >> as a matter of fact we do have slow traffic and a crash now. it's actually there. see fee -- we see it with our own camera. the fog is kind of getting in

the way but it's on the right shoulder. it was in the right lane. as we pan the camera to the left here. you can see the traffic isic quick -- is quickly backing up. it's slightly better now that the lanes are open. you can see how bad highway 4 is. that is just kind of blending with the backup we normally see coming out of antioch and pittsburgh. this morning we're looking at the bay bridge, it's backed up for about a 20-minute delay. it's become thicker getting into san francisco on this tuesday that feels like a monday. northbound 17 traffic looks pretty good getting into the valley. 280 slow past 17. 85 from 87 to cupertino, mostly slow. now let's go to steve. >> you probably saw some of that fog dancing around. very shallow, very low. there are pockets that break through. it's a sign that high pressure is building over us. once it burns off -- burns off, it will be sunny and by the coast, anywhere from 60s to almost 80 i think by santa

cruz. we'll go with it. but if the fog hangs on a little longer, all bets are off. inland, it will be warm to hot. we'll jump up 10 degrees. the rain from southern california has moved out. some locations are already -- are already in the upper 50s. yesterday was -- had gusts to 30. i mean, that's a huge drop and also some higher elevations are already in the 70s. that's -- both signs point to dense conditions. temperatures rocket up 5, 10 degrees. we'll be heating up here. dense fog, hot inland. anywhere from 60 to 100. a lot of 60s, 70s, 80s to 90s. there will be big differences in a lot of these afternoon highs. 78 berkeley to 99, 98 morgan hill to 88 santa clara,

saratoga, 65 daly city. i went 70 in the city even though they've been hard- pressed to get above 68. more of the same wednesday. cooldown starts thursday/friday. maybe high and mid-level clouds by the weekend. tori and dave? thank you, steve. it's been a tough moving on -- morning on wall street. the dow is down 271 at the moment. there we go with a live look apartment the big board. the dow below 11,000, 10,000 968. the nasdaq is also down nearly 2% this morning at -- down 54, down over 2%. s&p down at 2% -- down at 2%. coming up next -- how bryan stow is doing.

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it is 7:30. in the past 15 minutes we learned that more than 1,000 homes in texas have been destroyed in wildfires in just the last week. right now, at least 60 different fires are burning across the state. reporter chris welch is in bastrop -- bastrop, texas. >> reporter: good morning. things are not looking too great. one of the biggest reasons why, i guess, is because of the wind we saw yesterday. officials are hoping for better fire-fighting conditions today. regardless, this will remain a fire for quite some time. county by county, neighborhood by neighborhood, these wildfires are charring anything that stands in their way. more than 60 fires have erupted in at least 17 counties since the weekend. >> unfortunately, this is -- for us in texas, another set of

disastrous combination of fire and exceedingly dry conditions of high wind. >> reporter: at least two people have died. over 500 homes are destroyed. thousands of people forced to evacuate can only wait and hope that their homes and belongings are spared. >> i don't know. maybe. oh, my god! >> i don't want to lose anything that i worked all my life to get. >> reporter: those same dry, windy conditions are making it tough to gain ground on them. but they may catch a break. >> the good news, the wind has died down. that gives firefighters a chance to get in here and then that will hopefully give us a chance to have the upper hand. >> reporter: the national weather service says although it won't be really hot the next

few days, it will be dry. that makes people worried about their homes verier in -- ver nervous. >> we just got word that is sounds like more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed. this fire leaving its mark that's without question. officials obviously hoping for better firefighting conditions today. nothing is for kern certain at this point. things could all change. back to you. >> thank you, chris. 7:32. back here at home, today the argument over same-sex marriage here in california heads back to a san francisco courtroom. allie rasmus is there now and has more on what's happening in the state supreme court around the plans for a protest outside. allie? >> reporter: well, that hearing starts at 10:00 this morning. but at 8:00, opponents of proposition 8 plan to gather out here on the courthouse steps. you can see some of those on po -- opponents have already arrived.

they are starting to set up and they have their signs out here. now, at issue in today's hearing is whether supporters of proposition 8 have the right to defend that proposition in court. last summer, u.s. district judge von walker struck proposition 8 down as unconstitutional. cameras were not allowed in the courtroom during that trial but these are sketches from those proceedings. normally when the constitution ailty of the state law is called into question, it's up to the state attorney general to defend the law. but in this case, then-attorney general and kamala harris, have declined to defend proposition 8. so the supporters decided to challenge judge walker's ruling themselves. they went to the 9th circuit court of appeals. but today the supreme court will decide whether those supporters of prop 8 have the right or the legal standing to challenge judge walker's

ruling. we talked to representatives from both sides about the arguments that will be made at today's hearing. >> when the governor and the attorney general refuse to step up and do their job and protect and defend the constitution tuesday. the opponents have a right to stand in their chair and oppose this. >> in order to continue to litigate a lawsuit, someone has to be harmed and the simple matter is the propo points -- proponents of proposition 8 have not been hurt. >> reporter: today's hearing starts at 10:00. we're told attorneys for both sides will have about 30 minutes to make their case in front of the full supreme court here in san francisco. aimly rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news -- allie rasmus, ktvu

channel 2 news. mendocino county are searching areas of fort bragg. authorities raced out of their command center last night following the heat -- the lead in the manhunt for aaron brassler. there he is. he's accused in the shooting death of jerry 'melo. police also think that he killed mathew coleman, a landscaper -- landscaper. >> deputies spotted bassler sunday near his mother's house but he escaped into the woods. bassler's parents say their son is mentally ill and authorities warn he's armed and dangerous. it is 7:35. this friday is the first anniversary of the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. today, assemblyman jerry hill and san bruno's mayors will be at the site of the area. hill will be legislating

information he enin-- he introduced that would strengthen safety gas standards by pipelines. the vote is set for friday. the city of san francisco will hold a ceremony at skyline college friday night to remember the victims. >> last week, the ntsb that resulted in a series of missteps. to read the full report, go to ktvu.com and click on the san bruno tab. a mountain lion has been spotted in the city of ail pose. an adult mountain lion started early saturday and sunday another opinion siting is reported near hidden vili -- victim law. that's not been confirmed. there's been nom debate whether a cub was in the area. be careful. call 911 if you want to spot a mountain lion. this afternoon, oakland will unveil its most prominent and

most experience form of art featuring 25 people the artists now invented these rules. a famed proponent will be at today's. giants' fan bryan stow has not shown much imr. his family reports he's been sleepy with minimal responsibilities. his apparent recent restrictions have worn him out. family members are still overwhelmed with the commune they support. they threw out the last pitch last saturday ata giants' game. a family in richmond is trying to cope with the violent death of their grandmother. >> reporter:

she was visiting her soon and her family from fiji and then in the early-morning hours, she heard a commotion in the kitchen and found her son fighting with a burglar. she went to help and both her and her son front said -- they say this was a hard-working family, who were innocent targets. muni passengers, you probably won't be asked to pay more as muni struggles with a budget shortfall. with revenue down from tickets and meeters, muni faces a $23 -- meters, muni faces a $23 million shortfall. fare hikes are not an an adoption, one official said, but he didn't want to rule out service cutbacks. 7:39. and we want to check in with sal. for more information on a crash

in bay point, sal? >> that's right. still there on the shoulder. highway 4, although they are making good progress on this. the whole bay area seems to be very slow. we still have a couple of vehicles there -- here. one of them looks damaged on highway 4 it's on the right shoulder. it was in the right lane that's just mixing in with all of the very traffic -- slow traffic. so the whole stretch between antioch and concord is very slow. you can see just how bad that is coming around the corner where it usually gets better. this morning it does not. let's take a look at the 24 commute, westbound. you can see traffic is busy right off the bat from la fayette and 680 is slow nearby. i want to mention the east bay, slow traffic heading south but look at 680 here because of a crash at 84 on the shoulder. we have very slow traffic so if you drive from pleasanton to

fremont until you get past highway 85 you are gonna be in very, very slow traffic on the sunol grade. thank you, sal. we do have areas of sun. it will warm up for some. it look likes for everyone it will burn off right by the coast. we'll get some knock, some sun. patchy fog. sunny and warmer for many today as high down in the four corners builds in for a couple of days. which means a bigger jump in the inland temperatures. we'll have a lot of low, mid and upper 90s. it rained in southern california yesterday. it moved off into arizona. some reports there, also into nevada but for us it's the fog. it's compressed as the high builds in. there's reports there's 200 feet for some. it's much, much bet -- lower. very cool readings for many. from the valley to cal hallow,

50 to 53. cole valley at 51. hayes valley, 52. a little chill here in the city. southwest, 7 at fairfield, but i will tell you, that's a for cry from yesterday. when it was gusting. inland temperatures damp -- temperatures in the higher elevations up around 1500, 23,000 feet. heating up. dense fog. highs anywhere from 78 os to 90s to near 100 degrees for some far enough away. santa rosa, 90. napa, 90. 87 kentfield. we'll go 74 rich monday. oakland, 84 downtown. closer to the oakland airport, 86. livermore, 98. same for morgan hill.

>> doesn't look like much of a change on wednesday. and then thursday/friday, a low drops in. that incloses the -- increases the fog for a cooler pattern and may even spin in some clouds over the weekend. overnight, hurricane katia was given a new category. a new estimate on what hurricane irene will cost a federal government. and amazon is getting a new look. the main reason is because of the popularity of a certain device.

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is down due to fears of an economic slump. a swiss central bank turned heads after announcing, it will try to keep the suisse franc weak. carter evans is at the nasdaq with this gamble and with europe's growing debt crisis. good morning, carter. >> reporter: hi, tori. that's kind of got the markets all shaken up today, this move by the swiss bank. basically, fixing a minimum price for the franc, suisse, franc, against the euro. so everybody is trying to figure out the full implications of that. in the meantime, let's take a look at the numbers. we started out the day significantly lower. here is a look at the dow. you can see that big drop right at the opening bell. we eased a little bit early on when we got a report showing that the service sector was much better than expected -- expected. and then we continued this

downward trend. now we're down 2.5 percent, down below that 11,000 mark. some of it, tori, is a little bit of a hangover from yesterday. world markets got a chance yesterday to respond to our dismal jobs report on friday. so world markets were down on that news. now we're counsel again today. a lot of analysts that i talked to basically say the volatility is here to stay at least until some lawmakers figure out some feasible solution to our own debt problem. >> all right. thank you. 7:46. in just a couple of hours several democratic state lawmakers will speak out against a proposal involving amazon.com. loni hancock and nancy skinner, they will be joining lawmakers opposing this proposal. now, amazon wants to -- amazon

wants to build six distribution centers. 7:47. hurricane katia could reach the east coast later this week. the storm did weaken to a category 3 hurricane overnight. maximum winds have been fluctuating but now around 125 miles per hour. katia is currently a few hundred miles south of bermuda. huge swells from the hurricanes could hit the bahamas, the greater antilles and the east coast. that's the last thing many

residents want to hear. right now they are dealing with remnants of tropical storm lee. north carolina and georgia are still under a tornado watch. flash flood warnings are in effect from the southern end of the appalachians to new england. tornado, strong winds and heavy rains have damaged several hundred homes across georgia. up to 4 inches of rain is expected to fall this morning. meanwhile, the tax bayer bill for hurricane irene will reach at least 2 -- at least 1.5 billion. irene caused damage from north carolina to maine. the white house released the preliminary budget estimate yesterday. now, that total does not include the cost to individuals or insurance companies. indiana lists say -- independent analysts, say. we're also talking about high-paying careers that are in demand right now.

the top ten jobs in america with promising futures. and a pleasanton family watches as a very destructive guest turns his frustration on the family's car.

7:51. a contra costa father is paying tribute to hundreds of u.s. soldiers, sailors and airmen who have lost their lives in the wars in iraq an afghanistan. kevin graves is a gold-star father. his son, joey, died in iraq while serving in the army. graves has built a foundation in his name and is working with families to create banners to memorialize the fallen troops. >> they've been noticed by lot of people. there's gonna be those that get it and those that don't. that's just the way it is. >> we were very saddened about the ages of these young men. i just -- >> there are 26 banners hanging in the town of discovery bay.

each honers a servicemember from northern california. the foundation hopes to provide a banner for all of the troops that have died in the middle east wars. anyone who wants to help can get information on fund-raisers or how to make a donation, just to go -- just go to our website at ktvu.com. look under web links. san francisco putting 200 welfare recipients to work to help pick up trash in yards and parks and defend graffiti. they will work $20 and other -- they will work 20 hours a week. mayor ed lee says low-income employees earn some money and also learn valuable skills. the child poverty rates there are raising -- are rising. the county rates are at 15% in 2009 compared to 11% ten years

ago. s that's followed by fairfield and suisun. they are also higher than the 2010 rate. the child poverty rate across california is 20%. there's also a new survey that may help you fine-tune where your career is heading. researchers will outline the top ten jobs in demand. at the top of the list, registered nurses. other top jobs include accountants, management analyst, com-- computer engineers, civil engineers. this ranking is based on the national records. what was supposed to be a quiet weekend in lake tahoe

turned into a -- turned into a nightmare. cc and highway son were awakened to a lot of activity. it was a bear inside the car trying to get out. he tore up the interior and accidentally hit the fear shift. that sent the car into the driveway. the sheriff's deputy called this a burglar by bare. >> just stole our car. [ laughter ] >> it was across the street. was not hard to find. >> they obviously have a good sense of humor about it. one thing i heard, they absolutely had no food in the water -- car. not sure what caused them to go inside. >> yeah. 7:54. hey, sal, you are having a bear of a morning with your commute? >> that's a good word, i would say, dave and tori. it's bearing down. it's just not a really great commute. let's go outside. i want to show you that 80

westbound. the slow traffic very, very slow. it's not usually this bad. we're moving the maps down to look at hayward,une un-- union city. 880 at 92. a crash often the shoulder t 680 very slow because of a crash at 84. give yourself -- shoulder. 680 very slow because of a crash at 84. give yourself plenty of time. i wouldn't say there's one bester than the other. 87 is also slow getting into downtown. let's take a look at some live pictures now. this is a look at interstate 880 here in oakland. you can see traffic in both directions is moderately heavy. at the toll plaza, we have about a 25-minute wait before we make it on the bridge. and we have a facebook page. you can just search ktvu channel 2 moving news team and follow us there. this is a different page from the news.

you can "like" us both. there's plenty of room for all of us, right? >> let's go to steve. >> all right, thank you, sal. once this burns off, it will be sunny, warm hot for many away from the coast. if you are in the coast, you are -- in -- if you are on the coast, then you are in it -- then you are in it, anyway. the rain in southern california has pushed off to the east. don't have to worry about that. but maybe there will be a wraparound of tropical clouds coming -- coming in. 50s to 60s. san jose is already 60s -- 60. but the sea breeze is gone. yesterday, it was pretty good. today it's not so good at all. ess. nasa a sign that it will warm up fast. thick morning fog and widespread 50s will give way to

sunshine and warmer weather. dense fog. kind of cool, to mild to warm. coast, bay, inland. 60s 70s, 80s, 90 degrees. pittsburgh pittsburg 98. berkeley, 78. we'll go 88 san jose, to 89 you can per fee know. 84 san mateo. 65 -- you can per cupertino. 84 san mateo. looks a little cooler on thursday/friday and then maybe some partly cloudy skies as we head into the weekend. tori and dave? >> thank you, steve. this morning, a marin county father is facing child cruelty charges. what police say he was doing while his 1-year-old child sat inside after hot car.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, september 6th. well, a san jose state student says she was assaulted on campus and the attacker even followed her onto the bus. kraig debro is at san jose state, where students got an alert about this. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. they were alerted by texas a test system's set up to warn students about the details of the crimes of these. they still have a lot of unanswered questions. police say around 9:30 yesterday, a woman was here approached by a man who lured her to the engineering building. once over there, the woman was groped by this suspect. now, in order to get pay way -- see where the students are waiting over there? the bomb went to the -- the woman went to the bus stop there. she actually, presumably paid a fare and got on the bus.

the man followed her. he presumably did the same thing. paid his fare and got on the bus. he went onto the bus as well. >> he and she rode together -- not together but they were on the same bus all the way to the other line at capitol and snell where he finally realized she was going to call the police and he left in an unknown direction. he's described as african- american, around 5'8" portion to 40 years old, with -- around 30 to 40 years old with bucked teeth. police say all with uses -- buses have videotape. they can kak the fogle -- the following numbers -- we got calls in from police to find out more details kraig

debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. 8:02. right now, as we speak, reporters of same-sex marriage are gathering for a sit-in. in fact, we're gonna take some live picture. this is right outside the earl warren state building in san francisco. cameras pushing in. you see the gathering forming with the signs out front. at least a dozen same-sex couples are expected to protest today's proposition 8 hearing at the state supreme court. coming up at 8:30, we'll bring you a live report about why the same-sex marriage ban is back in a california courtroom. in morning an investigation continues into a fire that destroyed one home in concord. just a short time ago, alex savage spoke with a man whose home also suffered some damage. garaging, alex.

>> reporter: tomorrowing, tori. there were anxious moments out here -- good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning,er to rit there were -- tori. there were anxious moments out here. the windows, they were blown out because of the intense heat from the fire. the fire broke out at just before 5:00. the partially-built home that caught fire is considered a total loss. because it was labor day the contractor tells us there was no one working on the property when the fire started. amber wereblying -- blowing all across. one man said he was using a garden hose to fight the flames but he quickly realized there was not a whole lot he could do. >> our fence caught fire. and then it started coming to the backyard. so i -- socially no chance with the hose. firefighters faced a number

of challenges. flames were burning near gas lines and fire. two other houses damage bide the fire. but this morning, crews tell me it could have been a whole lot worse. there were hat least ten other homes in this area that were threatened at one point or another as crews were battling these flames last night. arson investigators have been calmed in trying to pinpoint an exact cause for this fire. at this point, they don't believe it was intentionally set. we're live in concord, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you. 8:04. there's been yet another security breach reported at napa state hospital. some of the staff there are demanding that all of the locks be changed. hospital police confirmed to kurt, one of the patients stole the keys from a -- ktvu one of the patients stole the key from

a staff member. nearby neighbors are worried. >> it's creepy, you don't want anybody in these neighborhoods over here or god forbid, a kid isnying -- playing in the front. >> at this point, ktvu has not been able to reach any of the state hospital officials for a comment. chp investigating a fatal crash in morgan hill that killed a man on horseback. he was riding from his ranch to a neighbor's home when he was sit -- hit by a struck on tail avenue. the man was a software engineer for apple. he died later at the hospital. that horse also was killed. the chp is investigating whether the driver never saw the victim or whether the horse suddenly ran out in the road. laid off employees of solyndra are filing a class action lawsuit against the

company. last week, solyndra abruptly announced it was filing for bankruptcy and laying off its 1100 employees. the workers claim the company violated the law that we dwyer -- that requires 60 days' notice before laying off more than 50 people solyndra says they were actively seeking financing which makes them an exam shunt to the law. a man left his 1-year-old son in the hot car while he drank at a bar. police arrested him at the iron springs pub and brewery yesterday afternoon. police say witnesses saw the boy inside the car and then confronted the father. he then rolled town the windows -- windows a little before going back into the car. police say the child did not need who be -- need to be hospitalized. a proposed policy may make it hadder to buy alcohol in san jose. now, the proposal would restrict new liquor licenses

for grocery stores and other full-service markets. the chp are re-- the chp will replace the final holiday arrests. preliminary totals indicate law enforcement officials made more arrests this year than last year. the chp took in nearly 1400 drivers on suspicion of dui over the weekend alone. that's 29 more than time last year. almost 8:08. we want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on this tuesday morning. back to work and school for a lot of people. >> it's been really slow in many areas. we're gonna start off with the east shore freeway and 80 westbound really has been worse than it normally is.

it's backed up for highway 4 all the way down to the bay area. most of it is thick traffic. novato stop and go from near roland to san rafael and then at the bottom of marin county in the southern part, there have been several accidents approaching the waldo tunnel there. watch out for them clearing the accident. the chp said they are leering -- clearing them but it will be a slow drive there. let's go to live pictures. we have slow traffic all over the east way. westbound traffic backed four at least a 20-minute delay. we also have a lot of slow traffic on 880 and 680. 2380 northbound. you see some stop and go traffic here. it's kind of a brutal tuesday out there everywhere you look. >> a lot of fog to deal with. if you don't have fog -- it's

thick. patchy fog. not as widespread as we've seen the past couple mornings. it will be sunny and warmer as the high builds in from the desert southwest and gives us about a two-day warm up. a lot of low 50s, now mid-50s but napa holding on to 50 at the airport. 52 in -- a lot of low 50s in san francisco. sfo now says calm and only west test. that's not the case today. it's already showing many signs of warming those -- a low will drop in. today the high wints are out flexing its must. if will be sunmy and warmer for

many. the hottest areas will be around 100 degrees. tough, tough call by the coast without a north-northeast wind i'm reluctant to warm it up that much. we'll go from 60s to -- to 100. not much change wednesday and then that low drops in thursday/friday for a rampup of the fog and a cooldown and maybe some high and mid-level clouds by the weekend. dave and tori? >> all right. how security at the golden gate bridge has changed in the ten years since the 9/11 attacks. what's in place now to prevent an attack on the san francisco

landmark. a shakeup in the -- in michele bachmann 'presidential campaign.

good morning. a lot of thick fog around. once that begins to burn off, it will be sunny and warmer for many, especially away from the coast. kind of a mix of fock and sun

with temperatures 60s, 70s and 80s. the postmaster general will testify today before congress. he will be asking for permission to make radical changes that will affect your mail service. ktvu's alison burns in our washington, d.c. bureau recently talked with the postmaster general about the crisis there. alison? >> reporter: dave, that's right. as more americans use e-mail instead of first-class mail, the postal service is using billions of dollars a year and could run out of money early next month. so today the postmaster general is again going to press conference to -- congress to make some big changes to try to save your mail safety. he wants to cut 120,000 workers, close 3,700 locations, and stop saturday mail delivery. patrick donahoe wants to pull his 500,000 employees from the general health and retirement

program offered to workers. >> what's happened now, is the revenues are in critical condition. like any other business you have to -- to act responsibility. >> reporter: a number of lawmakers here on capitol hill are skeptical about reversing the mandate and making other big changes. and the postal union leader testifying today calls the changes in the proposal outrageous and despicable. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. thanks, alison. today, mitt romney will lay out his plan for boosting the u.s. economy. the former massachusetts governor has a campaign event scheduled in las vegas. he says he will detail 59 specific proposals aimed at fixing the high unemployment rate. he outlined his plan in an

opinion piece this morning in "usa today." among other proposals, -- there will be a debate in simi valley. this follows the five con senders at a forum in south carolina yesterday -- contenders at a forum in south carolina yesterday. >> he's the most effective food stamp president in american history. if you think about it, that's a tragedy. >> i happen to believe this administration is weakening america militarily. this is not what americans want. the world is not safer. so we should not be a weaker nation. >> one candidate missing from the forum was texas governor, rick perry. he had planned to attend but decided to turn to darn dash return to texas -- return to

texas to deal with the wildfires in the state. it's not clear if he will miss the debate tomorrow in southern california. and there's been a shakeup in the campaign of michele bachmann. her campaign and deputy campaign manager are both leaving. ed rollins says at 68 years old, he just doesn't have the stamina for 12 and 14-hour days, seven days a week. 8:17. well, almost ten years to the day after the world trade center's collapse in the september 11th attacks, constructions of the new world trade center is moving at a rate of one story per week. >> already, it is the tallest building in new york. it's on its way to being the -- to being the tallest building in the western hemisphere. the bottom 29 floors are made with reinattorneysed concrete -- reinforced concrete covered with glass to protect from an

attack. also, $15 million in security has been added to the golan gate bridge. access roads under the bridge are now blocked. the manager of the golden gate bridge district says they've been at a heightened state of alert every day since 9/11. the group includes representative froms -- representatives from the chp and coast guard, they meet every other tuesday at the bridge to talk about security issues. now, ktvu news is airing a special program this coming sunday. it's called 9/11, a decade of change. we'll have live reports from new york, washington and shanksville, pennsylvania. we'll also take a look at how the september 11 attacks changed our attitudes and views. today, new mexico lawmakers will debate changing theismmy grant driver's license law, right now, new mexico is one of three states that allow undocumented immigrants to get

a driver's license. the state's first latino governor is pushing for the change. she campaigned in a promise to outlaw drinkses. the two other states that give licenses to undocumented inmy grants are utah and washington. nasa hopes to figure pout what's underneath the surface of the moon by using a pair of robots. on thursday, the space agency will sent the twin robots to the moon. 8:19. boy, it's a big boy, a giant crock cau dial caught in the fill low -- crockky dial -- crocodile, caught in the philippines. get a close look at this. the head, about the size of a truck. weighs over 2,300 pounds. police say this crocodile

killed a water buffalo t may have even killed a local fisherman. now it's being transferred to the local park. people are hoping to cash in who own businesses, hoping people will come to watch this crocodile. the hostage situation is over now. the four-hour standoff between police and a man claiming to have a gun. we have slow traffic all over the bay area. we'll give you another rundown coming up. [ screaming ]

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welcome back. 8:23. in australia, a police standoff is over. a man who claimed to have a bomb who took a child hostage surrendered. take a look at the video of the man. there he is there. barricaded inside a law office in the suburbs of sydney. now, police say the young girl held hostage reportedly is his daughter. after four hours, snipers and police specialists got into the building. they ended the standoff. the man did not have a bomb. he did make several demands before police were able to subdue him. it is coming up on 78:24. we want to check in -- 8:24. we want to check in with sal. >> good morning, tori. we've had very slow traffic everywhere. everyone took the day off

yesterday. they are back today. it's stop and go as you drive from the coliseum up to 23rd. 5le 0 is slow -- 580 is slow near lakeshore. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up from the maze and the metering lights are on. let's go right to the maps because marin county has been a mess and from novato to san rafael. this morning in petaluma -- from santa rosa to petaluma, horrible commute. we move across to the east bay, traffic is backed up well beyond highway 4, heading down to richmond. i'm just the bearer of bad news, right? this is a look at 880 and 680, still very slow. 680 is a joke because of an earlier truck crash at 8 dash at 84. let's go to steve. a lot of fog. some of it it looks like it's starting to thin out. some of that fog right there on

the ground today compressed by high pressure building in. don't have for i would are about any rain in southern california today numbers you are down by the desperate. but other than that, we've cleared out most of the clouds. low 50s, mid-50s, upper 50s. i mean there is a really cool pattern here. it will be heatles up -- heating up away from the coast. it will be warm to hot inland. i think we get about a 10- degree jump. some of the higher elevations are already in the mid-70s. there's really not much of a sea breeze. a north wind at livermore. that all spells warmer conditions. unless you are by the water, it could be tricky, then. not much of a change on wednesday. a cooler pattern on thursday. more than 1,000 homes destroyed in texas by wildfires. we're gonna take you live to the scene of the biggest of the 60 wildfires still burning.

>> reporter: proposition 8 heads back to a san francisco courtroom this morning. people before and after -- before or -- people before it and against it, are out making their issues known. that's coming up. and why a good samaritan ended up in the hospital after being flagged down by a stranded driver. ok, kids, our cable will let us record one more show.

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8:28. right now protesters for and against california's same-sex marriage ban are gathering in san francisco as this hot issue heads back to a san francisco courtroom. ktvu's allie rasmus is there now with all of the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this hearing starts at 10:00 at

the california supreme court building. as you mentioned, already supporters and opponents of california's gay marriage ban proposition 8 have gathered in front of the courthouse buildings. off to the left, these are the opponents of california's gay ban. i would estimate there's probably 50 to 75 people in that group. supporters of proposition 8 have interest signs out -- their signs out as well. the issue up for debate in front of the california supreme court today has nothing to do with marriage. at issue is whether the supporters of a proposition have the right to defend that

proposition in court. last summer, von walker struck down proposition 8 as unconstitutional. normally, when the constitution ailty of the state law is called into question, it's up to the state attorney general to defend the law. but the past two district attorneys declined to do that. they both said judge waller -- walker's ruling should stand and will not challenge his decision. now it's up to the supreme court to find out whether the supporters of this proposition have the right or the legal standing to appeal governor's ruling. >> when the governor and attorney general refuse to step up and defend and protect the constitution, the proponents have a right to stand in their shoes and defend the initiative, as they always have in california law. >> in order to keep litigating a lawsuit, somebody has to be

harmed. the simple matter is the proponents of proposition 8 are not harmed. so this lawsuit must come to an end. >> reporter: back here live you are looking at supporters and protesters opponents are on the left. supporters and their signs are on the right. the hearing should take about an hour and then the california supreme court justice also have 90 days from today to make their decision. depending upon the outcome, to could mean the end of proposition 8 or a continuation of an already long legal battle. back to you. >> thank you, allie. you can find all the of the details by going to ktvu.com.

you can also watch live streaming of all of our live -- of all of our ktvu newt kazs. sacramento police are investigating an attack on a good samaritan who stopped to help the driver of autists disageed car -- the driver of the disabled car. >> in that kind of situation, i would think you would help. >> i know if i need help, i would really appreciate if somebody helped me. >> police say the man drove himself to the hospital and required stitches. they will look -- they are looking for the man who attacked him and also the woman who flagged him down. overnight news, right now in san francisco, part of 17th street at clayton, it's still closed after an early-morning hit and run. check out some new video from the scene. this is what we're talking

about, about 2:45, the driver of the silver car ran into some scadding that is covering a -- scaffolding that's covering a five-story building. >> going up the hill probably a drunk driver. they obviously weren't asleep because you are going uphill. you can't drive uphill unless you are asleep. >> crews have been -- crews have been out there to fix the damage. they say the scaffolding appears to be secured. they are keeping one lane closed because of all of the equipment there at the scene. 8:33. more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed in texas in the last workweek as dozens of wildfires burn across the state. reporter chris welch is in bastrop, texas, where the biggest fire is currently

burning. and it's a very serious situation, chris. >> reporter: that's right. i don't know how well you can see it. this haze is lingering in the air. we're about three miles, so we're told about three miles from the actual flames. this is the first time we've actually had ash falling down on us. where we are right here is the command central. this is where -- county by county, neighborhood by neighborhood, these wildfires are charring anything that stands in their way. more than 60 fires have erupted in at least 17 counties since the weekend. >> unfortunately, this is a -- for us in texas another set of disastrous, combination of fire and exceedingly dry conditions

of high winds. thousands of people forced to evacuate can only wait and hope that their homes and belongings are spared. >> i don't know. maybe. maybe -- oh, my god! >> i don't want to lose anything that i've worked all my life to get. >> reporter: those same dry, wind yesterday conditions that spawned the fires are making it tough to gain ground on them. they may catch a break at least temporarily. the wind is supposed to be light. 10 to 15 -- 10 to 15. >> reporter: the national weather service says although it won't be as hot in the next couple of days, it will be dry. and that makes people worried about their homes very nervous. >> god help us. that's all. that's all we can do right now. >> reporter: and in texas, governor rick perry who left

the campaign trail yesterday to tend to these fires say they've seen more than 3.5 million acres burn. back to you. >> thank you. breaking news involving a fire in placer county. we have live pictures. this is a picture from a helicopter that is heading to the scene where a fire is burning in the tahoe national forest. the fire broke out this morning, east of blue canyon. up to five acres burned. the u.s. forest service says firefighters are on the scene right now and a water dropping helicopter is on the way. we don't know if rather -- if there are any homes threatened. we will continue to follow this story. five-acre fire burning right now in the tahoe national forest. as soon as we get more information, we'll get it to you. fire crews in southern california are fighting several wildfires this morning. the canyon fire, east of

bakersfield, it's burned more than 8600 acres. it's only 10% contained. 12 homes are destroyed, two firefighters have been hurst. residents in 170 homes have been evacuated and hundreds of more have been told get ready to leave. another southern california wildfire has already burned at least 500 ache eches. this one started in santa clarita yesterday, near a barn. it's burning -- it's burning closer to ranch houses. there are no evacuation orders yet. this fire is 30% contained. mareky casey black elementary school was built last year but the school never opened because of low enrollment. this month, the district officials will decide whether to open the campus for the next academic year or lease it out. the all right -- all right.

it's 8:38. it's been a rough morning. let's go to back to sal. >> we've seen slow traffic almost everywhere. people have been noticing it on this tuesday after labor day. let's go out and take a -- this is really kind of brutal traffic all over the the -- all over the place. getting to the bay bridge toll plaza is still cloe -- is still slow. it's been slow all -- it's been slow on 80 -- let's go back to contra costa county i want to show you that highway 4 -- because of earlier crashes is pretty much slow from antioch all the way to bay point. 80 as we mentioned slow from vallejo in pockets to richmond see the whole thing and then of the -- and then the fremont commute has been develop slow on 680 because of a truck

crash. everywhere you look, it's slow. let's go to steve. all right, sal. almost everywhere you look we have some fog. not everywhere but close. there is a lot of dense fog around. peninsula down to the south bay. up to the north bay. some of that should start to burn off. boy did it come down about 2,000 feet to 200. that's a sure sign the high pressure is building in. very thick fog. sunny and warmer once it burns off but it may reduce your visict there. it will be hot inland with temperature the moving up, i think 5, 10 degrees and then staying there on wednesday. thick fog on the coast it's solid. i think it will burn back for some. temperatures could go anywhere from about 64 to 80 by the kest. very nice surge. tropical moisture produced rain

in southern california. a lot of low 50s. downtown oakland, 50. you can see some of the fog, the visible satellite showing up. not much of a sea breeze or delta breeze. that all spells warmer inland temperatures. today looks like sunshine and warm weather suns that fog burns off. it will be warm to hot inland. highs anywhere from 60s to near 100 degrees. that would be up towards clearlake, maybe vacaville, 99 antioch. morgan hill, 98. 97 fairfield. they were 85. that's kind of a big jump. napa 90. oakland, 84. the city has been very, very cool for the longest time. fog probably will be hanging around through wednesday, then it will be shallow and it starts to lift on thursday and friday as another low drops in and that may produce partly

cloudy to mostly cloudy skies by the weekend. 8:41. if the rumors are true, the next host of the academy award will be april nounsed today. and entertainment websites say eddie murphy has been picked to host the oscars. critics say eddie would be a good choice because he has a big name and he's family- friendly. they also say eddie murphy could bring in more viewers and help the ratings which have struggled in recent years. >> i guess they said last time they tried to go with some younger actors and it didn't work ternbly well. >> yes. all right. more than 100 elementary schools have shut down in mexico. the reason teachers are refusing to show up to work. and a new way to -- to pay the change and some popular items some are giving to people to order food and not fork over money. >> reporter: how a woman attacked on san jose state

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union -- of the european union continue today. this morning, the world bank says the u.s. does not appear headed for another recession. he added the challenges facing europe are more imminent than those in the u.s. and he says europe's debt crisis is more likely to undermine the confidence of investors and consumers. the nfl season is not tick -- has not kicked off yet but the ads for next year's super bowl game are almost sold out. there are just five, 30-second ads available according to nbc. those ads will sell for 3.5 million each. some of the companies that have already bought ads are kia, godaddy.com and century 21 real estate, which has never had an

ad before. our time now, 8:46. let's bring you up to date on some of the other attorneys we're following right now. we're following breaking news in the tahoe national forest. a fire broke out just a few minutes ago in this -- this morning east of blue canyon. at least five acres have burned. u.s. forest service firefighters are there right now, a water-dropping helicopter is on the way. well, today the post officer general will testify. the drastic measures are needed to deal with the postal services mounting debt. among other things. >> the postmaster general wants to cut as many as 120,000 jobs and put an end to saturday mail delivery. and firefighters say arson is not suspected in this fire. it destroyed a home in concord under construction. this fire started yesterday afternoon and also damaged nearby properties. 8:47. an alert has gone out to

students at san jose state, a woman claims she was assaulted on campus. ktvu channel 2 reporter kraig debro is at the school this morning with the warning to students. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, tori. that woman was the victim of a sexual crime. that's sadly not unusual. it started yesterday around 9:30 in front of the administration building. the woman told police she was sitting there with a man when a man in his 30s or 40s approached her. he coaxed her over here. the bord police used was "-- the word police used was" lured." the woman eventually goes to a bus stop to get away but this order -- in order to go to that bus area, she waits for the bus, presumably pays her fare, gets on the bus. the suspect does exactly the same thing. she calls police when the bus

reaches the capitol expressway. the police have a description of the suspect. >> it -- students that can tip us off anonymously, they don't have to give their names, they can get on the system through e- mail off text and it actually goes straight to our dispatch center and also to the watch commander cell phone. the man is described as an after man, about 5'8", 30, 40 years old, he has bucked teeth out in the front. the lower teeth stick out as well. police are looking to see if their -- if there are tape on the bus. i was told every tape -- bus has surveillance tape on it so presumably police can use that. reporting live in san jose, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. it's just one week into the

school year in acapulco, mexico and 140 elementary schools have shut down. that's because the teachers are refusing to show up for work over fears of extortion threats and kidnappings by gangs. teachers say they've asked the government to assign more police officers to schools but they've been ignored. a parade in new york has been marred by deadly violence. three people were killed and two police officers hurt in a shooting a few blocks away from the annual west indian day parade in brooklyn. the parade also saw fatal shootings in bee and 2005. the west indian day parade, celebrates the history, culture, mystery and food of the caribbean island. overnight news from pakistan. intelligence officials arrested three major members of al qaeda right near the afghan border. they include this man believed to have been one of osama bin laden's potential successors. it's believed he was in charge

of targeting american economic interests around the world. now we're learning -- learning why an fbi translator was sentenced to 20 months in police be to leaking classified information to a blogger. according to "the new york times" the man was a hee bro translateert who passed -- hebrew translator who passed on secret conversations caught on wiretaps of the israeli em baycy in washington -- embassy in washington. the blogger -- blogger wrote that he released them about influencing congress and public opinion. the port of oakland has made substantial improvements in security since the 9/11 attacks. the port received $36.5 million to upgrade security. port workers now x-ray suspicious tar go -- cargo and

run every package through suspicious. captain james dahl will be honored. at 1:00 a rose planting ceremony will be held at captain james dahl elementary school, named in his honor. and then at 3:00, his alma mater will host a memorial to him. and on sunday, ktvu will air a special program calmed "9/11 -- a decade of change." we'll have live reports from new york, washington, d.c. and shanksville, pennsylvania. our live broadcast is at 6:30:00 this sunday, september 11th. 8:52. new this morning a search continues for a man suspected of robbing a cash for gold store in santa rosa. police got a 911 call just

after 9:30 last night on -- from the store. the owner told police he was getting a -- letting a customer out of his shop when a gunman came in key manned -- demanding money. the man got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. both the gunman and the customer ran from the store police weren't sure if they were working together. >> another city in the peninsula could soon ton over the police -- could soon over police department duties. millbrae. officers are dealing with low morale and a lack of resources, it's reported. the cities of san carlos and half moon bay they already rely on the county for interest law enforcement. the number of restaurants now accepting food stamps is growing with one fast-food giant pushing to get into this program. yum brands. they are the parent company of

taco bell, kfc, pizza hut, they want the government to allow it to accept food stams. right now, federally, you cannot do that -- do that. but there is a provision for the elderly, disabled and homeless. california already uses that provision and many restaurants here can accept food stamps. the shocking discovery that's prompted a call for tighter sperm don't -- sperm donor regulations. what's turning up along alabama beaches after the -- after the former tropical storm lee.

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garden, clearing out invasive plants, an oakland tree planting volunteer, and being committed to the park and changing an inner city community in san bernardino. vote know -- in san francisco. vote now. 8:56. there is a call for fighter regulation in the sperm donation industry. that's after a "new york times" report that an individual found 150 half siblings. the primary concern is this will allow genes for rare diseases to spread more quickly. access was also feared about incest due to the same father. the mayor of orange beach says look. they are there because of the heavy surf from plea. the state's environment management department is now assessing the situation to

determine possible danger. no one is sure where the tar is coming from. but oil from the bp spill watched onto the beach last year. bp has made no comment on this latest development. today's ticket tuesday day winners will relive the '80s. two viewers will win tickets to journey with foreigner and night mange -- ranger. october 5th and october 15th are the dates for the free tickets. for a free chance to win, go to the ktvu.com website. scroll down to "tab -- scroll down to the" right now "tab. put in the secret word "love it." let's go to steve. >> after the thick fog, 60s 70s and 80s. >> all right. that will do it for us. thanks for watching. >> bye now.